PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - L J McCann AU - S J Newell TI - Survey of paediatric complementary and alternative medicine use in health and chronic illness AID - 10.1136/adc.2004.052514 DP - 2006 Feb 01 TA - Archives of Disease in Childhood PG - 173--174 VI - 91 IP - 2 4099 - http://adc.bmj.com/content/91/2/173.short 4100 - http://adc.bmj.com/content/91/2/173.full SO - Arch Dis Child2006 Feb 01; 91 AB - Groups of 25 children with cerebral palsy (CP), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and cancer were compared to 25 healthy children to establish use of complementary or alternative medicine (CAM). Children with chronic disease were greater than three times more likely to use CAM, usually without paediatricians’ knowledge.